A college student made the discovery of a lifetime in North Dakota.Harrison Duran, a University of California, Merced, student teamed up with professor Michael Kjelland on a two-week paleontology dig -- and discovered a triceratops skull.The bones date back to the late Cretaceous Period, 65 million years ago, according to experts.According to UC Merced, Kjelland is an experienced excavator and biology professor at Mayville State University in North Dakota.Duran and Kjelland met at a biotechnology conference. Together they founded the nonprofit Fossil Excavators.Related video: Extremely Rare 170-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Print Found On Scottish MainlandThey named the dinosaur Alice, after the landowner. Duran and Kjelland did not share the exact location of the dig site.According to UC Merced, the exact location Alice will call home is still unknown.“It would be amazing for UC Merced to be able to display Alice on campus,” Duran said. “It’s such a rare opportunity to showcase something like this, and I’d like to share it with the campus community.”

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A college student made the discovery of a lifetime in North Dakota.

Harrison Duran, a University of California, Merced, student teamed up with professor Michael Kjelland on a two-week paleontology dig -- and discovered a triceratops skull.

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The bones date back to the late Cretaceous Period, 65 million years ago, according to experts.

According to UC Merced, Kjelland is an experienced excavator and biology professor at Mayville State University in North Dakota.

Duran and Kjelland met at a biotechnology conference. Together they founded the nonprofit Fossil Excavators.

“It would be amazing for UC Merced to be able to display Alice on campus,” Duran said. “It’s such a rare opportunity to showcase something like this, and I’d like to share it with the campus community.”